Ciudad Real Central Airport

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Ciudad Real Central Airport Aeropuerto Madrid Sur Ciudad Real
IATA: CJI – ICAO: LEDQ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		CR Aeropuertos
Serves		Ciudad Real
Location		Ciudad Real, Spain
Elevation AMSL		636 m / 2,086 ft
Coordinates		38°51′23″N 003°58′12″W / 38.85639, -3.97
Website		http://www.ciudadmadridsurcr.com/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
11/29	4,000	13,123	Asphalt

Ciudad Real Central Airport (previously known as Don Quijote Airport and South Madrid Airport) (IATA: CJI, ICAO: LEDQ) is an airport currently under construction in South Ciudad Real (Spain). It will be located adjacent to the A43 highway and the AP41 toll highway and will have a connection to the Madrid-Seville high speed train line, making it the first Spanish airport accessed via the AVE system, and allowing it to be around 45 minutes from downtown Madrid, 50 minutes away from Cordoba, and less than 2 hours away from Seville. It is expected to become operational in June of 2008 and to start processing commercial flights in September of 2008. When it does become operational, it will be the first international private airport in Spain. The project has a budget of 1.1 billion euro.

The airport will have a single runway (11/29), 4,000 m (13,123 ft) long and 60 m (197 ft) wide and will service national and international commercial flights (regular and charter). Part of the installations will be dedicated to private and sport flights, and it will have an area for maintenance, a heliport and an industrial zone of over 8 km².

The passenger terminal is planned to process a maximum of 2.5 million passengers a year, and its cargo facilities are planned to process a maximum of 47,000 tonnes a year.